Job summary
WORCESTERSHIRE
ROYAL HOSPITAL
CARDIOLOGY SDEC - SAME DAY EMERGENCY
CARE
NURSE PRACTITIONER BAND 7
FULL TIME - 37.5 HRS
PERMANENT POST
We
are looking for a highly skilled and outstanding Nurse Practitioners to join
the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit (Cardiology) at Worcestershire Royal
Hospital. As a nurse practitioner you will provide clinical assessment and
treatment of those patients who would ordinarily have been admitted to hospital
as an emergency.
You
will have significant post-registration experience, be a non-medical prescriber
and have advanced clinical skills to help you effectively manage cardiology patients
in the Same Day Emergency Care Unit.
The
post holder will work autonomously in the SDEC Unit seeing patients with
different chest pain presentations to provide an assessment, diagnosis and
undertake treatments / interventions and care for patients with differential
diagnosis by following agreed pathways.
The
Nurse Practitioner will have advanced clinical skills in assessment and will
evidence management of cardiology patients but nurses with broad acute medical
experience will be considered, ensuring an optimum standard of patient centred
care.
For an informal visit or further
information please contact :
Kerry O'Dowd, Lead Nurse for Cardiology
Specialist Teams on 01905 733948, Extn. 30710 or via switchboard on 01905
763333 bleep 278.
Main duties of the job
Non-Medical Prescribing and Physical Assessment skills is essential for this role.
You will also need to have excellent written and communication skills and be computer literate.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work in a
specialist clinical role providing high quality care for patients presenting
with cardiology conditions including ACS, arrhythmia, and heart failure. Care
will be delivered in cardiology SDEC, clinics and ward settings, including in
reach to urgent care areas and medical wards across all sites (Alexandra,
Worcester, and Kidderminster)
To participate or take the lead, as
appropriate in the nurse led Cardioversion/DCCV list and outpatient
pre-assessment of these patients.
The post holder will share the
management of the trust wide cardiology specialist nurse team with the other
cardiology nurse practitioners in the team. Key responsibilities will be
allocated on a rotational basis.
The post holder will have excellent
ECG interpretation skills and knowledge of cardiac investigations including ETT,
CTCA, Echocardiogram, stress echo and cardiac MRI
The post holder will undertake
initial assessment and/or review of patients with differentiated and
undifferentiated diagnoses.
Organise and facilitate early
cardiac investigations and prompt referral to a cardiologist.
The post holder will share the
coordination of mentorship and education of junior nursing colleagues and
students.
Maintain compliance with quality
improvement projects and mandatory audit relevant to the service.
Participate in developing service
criteria, pathways of care, protocols and guidelines service development
encompassing audit, research, innovation, and evaluation.
To work collaboratively, using
specialist knowledge and skills across organisational, professional, and
geographical boundaries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work in a
specialist clinical role providing high quality care for patients presenting
with cardiology conditions including ACS, arrhythmia, and heart failure. Care
will be delivered in cardiology SDEC, clinics and ward settings, including in
reach to urgent care areas and medical wards across all sites (Alexandra,
Worcester, and Kidderminster)
To participate or take the lead, as
appropriate in the nurse led Cardioversion/DCCV list and outpatient
pre-assessment of these patients.
The post holder will share the
management of the trust wide cardiology specialist nurse team with the other
cardiology nurse practitioners in the team. Key responsibilities will be
allocated on a rotational basis.
The post holder will have excellent
ECG interpretation skills and knowledge of cardiac investigations including ETT,
CTCA, Echocardiogram, stress echo and cardiac MRI
The post holder will undertake
initial assessment and/or review of patients with differentiated and
undifferentiated diagnoses.
Organise and facilitate early
cardiac investigations and prompt referral to a cardiologist.
The post holder will share the
coordination of mentorship and education of junior nursing colleagues and
students.
Maintain compliance with quality
improvement projects and mandatory audit relevant to the service.
Participate in developing service
criteria, pathways of care, protocols and guidelines service development
encompassing audit, research, innovation, and evaluation.
To work collaboratively, using
specialist knowledge and skills across organisational, professional, and
geographical boundaries.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable clinical skills in specialty.
- Advanced knowledge of the range of presentations, diagnoses & current management options within the specialty area
- Evidence of planning & organisational skills.
- Evidence of being able to work in partnership across organisational boundaries, delegating and referring as appropriate
- Awareness of local and national issues relating to healthcare provision.
- Awareness of current professional issues.
Desirable
- Independent working and autonomy.
- Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
- Previous clinical experience including setting up and running clinics and services.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on sub-part 1 or 2 of the professional register
- 1st degree nursing
- Cardiology care course or equivalent
- Adult health assessment module
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Advanced communication or working towards.
- Consent or working towards.
- Leadership course
- Recruiting and retaining staff or equivalent.
- MSC advancing practice.
- Portfolio of evidence in line with specialty
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced ECG skills.
- Demonstrable clinical skills in specialty.
- Advanced Life Support
- Computer literacy
- Venepuncture and cannulation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable clinical skills in specialty.
- Advanced knowledge of the range of presentations, diagnoses & current management options within the specialty area
- Evidence of planning & organisational skills.
- Evidence of being able to work in partnership across organisational boundaries, delegating and referring as appropriate
- Awareness of local and national issues relating to healthcare provision.
- Awareness of current professional issues.
Desirable
- Independent working and autonomy.
- Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
- Previous clinical experience including setting up and running clinics and services.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on sub-part 1 or 2 of the professional register
- 1st degree nursing
- Cardiology care course or equivalent
- Adult health assessment module
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Advanced communication or working towards.
- Consent or working towards.
- Leadership course
- Recruiting and retaining staff or equivalent.
- MSC advancing practice.
- Portfolio of evidence in line with specialty
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced ECG skills.
- Demonstrable clinical skills in specialty.
- Advanced Life Support
- Computer literacy
- Venepuncture and cannulation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
